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Genera in the family or subfamily Scarinae: [ 36 ] records

Aper Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Plumier) 1803:162, footnote Masc. Not available; Plumier manuscript name mentioned in passing under Sparus abildgaardi (see remarks under Opinion 89, Direction 32 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]). Labridae: Scarinae.

Bolbometopon Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:8 Neut. Scarus muricatus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Smith treated as masculine, but gender is neuter. •Valid as Bolbometopon Smith 1956 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:219 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:708 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:14 [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:65 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:51 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3470 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1426 [ref. 29090], Ogihara et al. 2010:43 [ref. 31554], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Bolbometopon Smith 1956. Labridae: Scarinae.

Calliodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Gronow) 1801:312 Masc. Scarus croicensis Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Callyodon Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:449 Masc. Scarus crocicensis Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without species; first application of species not researched; type species from Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943] but may be in error (see Kottelat (2013)). •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Callyodon Bloch [M. E.] 1789:242 Masc. Listed in Jordan 1917:45 [ref. 2407], with type presumably Scarus croicensis Bloch 1790, but not seen by Jordan or by us and not treated by Fowler. Based on Gronow 1763. Labridae: Scarinae.

Callyodon Gronow [L. T.] 1763:72 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). Spelled Calliodon by Walbaum 1792. Suppressed. Labridae: Scarinae.

Callyodontichthys Bleeker [P.] 1861:230 Masc. Scarus flavescens Bleeker (not of Bloch & Schneider) Apparently appeared first as above, without species. Also appeared in Bleeker 1862:5, 15 [ref. 4858] without species. First addition of species not researched; type given by Jordan 1919:300 [ref. 4904] as above. •Synonym of Sparisoma Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:60 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Sparisoma Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Calotomus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:70 Masc. Calotomus xenodon Gilbert 1890. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Calotomus Gilbert 1890 -- (Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Bruce & Randall 1985 [ref. 5234], Randall 1986:707 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:12 [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:63 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:51 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3469 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1426 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2018:295 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Calotomus Gilbert 1890. Labridae: Scarinae.

Cetoscarus Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:16 Masc. Scarus pulchellus Rüppell 1835. Type by original designation. •Valid as Cetoscarus Smith 1956 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Randall 1986:708 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:13 [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:65 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3470 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1427 [ref. 29090], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Motomura et al. 2017:186 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:296 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cetoscarus Smith 1956. Labridae: Scarinae.

Chlorurus (subgenus of Petronason) Swainson [W.] 1839:(173) 227 Masc. Scarus gibbus Rüppell 1829. Type by monotypy. Spelled Chlorogaster by Swainson on p. 173, without species; changed to Chlorurus on p. 227. Technical first reviser not researched. •Valid as Chlorurus Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3471 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1427 [ref. 29090], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Kottelat 2013:380 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:186 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:296 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:241 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Chlorurus Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Cryptotomus Cope [E. D.] 1871:462 Masc. Cryptotomus roseus Cope 1871. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Cryptotomus Cope 1871 -- (Bellwood 1994:62 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:53 [ref. 24943], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Westneat 2003:1724 [ref. 27105]). Current status: Valid as Cryptotomus Cope 1871. Labridae: Scarinae.

Erychthys (subgenus of Petronason) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 226 Masc. Scarus croicensis Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Erycthys on p. 172; Erychthys on 226 and 439 (index). Type designated by Swain 1883:274 [ref. 5966]. •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Euscarus (subgenus of Sparisoma) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:416 Masc. Labrus cretensis Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. Euscaris is a misspelling. •Synonym of Sparisoma Swainson 1838, but a valid subgenus Euscarus as described -- (Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:943 [ref. 13676]). •Synonym of Sparisoma Swainson 1839 -- (Monod 1973:444 [ref. 7193], Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:60 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Sparisoma Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Hemistoma (subgenus of Scarus) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 226 Neut. Hemistoma reticulata Swainson 1839 (= Scarus pepo Bennett 1834). Type by monotypy. Hemistoma reticulata Swainson 1839 is an unneeded substitute for Scarus pepo Bennett 1834. •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Hipposcarus Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:17 Masc. Scarus harid Forsskål 1775. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hipposcarus Smith 1956 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:7 [ref. 5412], Randall 1986:709 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:15 [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3470 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1429 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:242 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Hipposcarus Smith 1956. Labridae: Scarinae.

Leptoscarus (subgenus of Scarus) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 226 Masc. Scarus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Leptoscarus Swainson 1839 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Bruce & Randall 1985 [ref. 5234], Randall 1986:708 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:12 [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3469 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Allen et al. 2006:1429 [ref. 29090], Stewart 2015:1405 [ref. 34196], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:243 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Leptoscarus Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Loro Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:418 Masc. Scarus guacamaia Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Margaritodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:15 Masc. Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort 1940. Type by original designation. Misspelled Margaritdon on p. 4 (corrected in 1969 edition). •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Mormyra Browne [P.] 1789:446 Fem. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89). Based on Browne 1756:446 [ref. 30188]. •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Nicholsina (subgenus of Cryptotomus) Fowler [H. W.] 1915:3 Fem. Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain 1884. Type by original designation. •Valid as Nicholsina Fowler 1915 -- (Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Bellwood 1994:63 [ref. 19116], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:399 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Westneat 2003:1724 [ref. 27105], Robertson et al. 2006:797 [ref. 31512], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299]). Current status: Valid as Nicholsina Fowler 1915. Labridae: Scarinae.

Novacula Catesby [M.] 1771:18 Fem. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259). •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]),. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Odax Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1801:70 (footnote) Masc. Apparently not available; name mentioned in passing in footnote under Scarus. Not Odax Valenciennes 1840, a name in current use. See remarks under Opinion 89 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]. •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Labridae: Scarinae.

Petronason Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 226 Masc. Scarus psittacus of Rüppell (= Scarus psittacus Forsskål 1775). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1883:274 [ref. 5966]. •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Pseudoscarus Bleeker [P.] 1861:230 Masc. Scarus microrhinos Bleeker 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Type by subsequent designation by Jordan & Evermann 1898:1655 [ref. 2444]. Appeared first in Bleeker 1861:70 [ref. 12601] without diagnosis and one species included as "Pseudoscarus psittacus Blkr.," indicating a subsequent usage of Scarus psittacus Forskål 1775 in a different sense (Scarus psittacus sensu Bleeker), unavailable name, confirmed by Bleeker 1861:240 [ref. 381], so Pseudoscarus was not made available at this occasion. Kottelat 2013:381 intended to act under Art. 70.3.2 and designated Pseudoscarus cantori Bleeker 1861 as the type species actually involved in the misidentification of psittacus by Bleeker 1861:70; this act was invalid because Pseudoscarus was not made available by Bleeker 1861:70 [ref. 12601] (F. Welter-Schultes, pers. comm., July 2025). •Synonym of Chlorurus Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Psittacus Catesby [M.] 1771:29 Fem. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259). Psittacus Catesby of 1777 is on Official Index as a junior homonym of Psittacus Linnaeus 1758 (Direction 44). Suppressed. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scarichthys Bleeker [P.] 1859:xvii, 106 Masc. Scarus naevius Valenciennes 1840. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not established, probably by Jordan 1919:287. Also appeared in Bleeker 1859:334 [ref. 368] as name with one described species; type by monotypy if ref. 368 was published before ref. 371. Also in Bleeker 1861:243 [ref. 381]. •Synonym of Leptoscarus Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Bruce & Randall 1985 [ref. 5234], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scaridea Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:468 Fem. Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Calotomus Gilbert 1890 -- (Bruce & Randall 1985:7 [ref. 5234], Bellwood 1994:63 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:51 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Calotomus Gilbert 1890. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scarops Schultz [L. P.] 1958:17, 18 Masc. Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Type by original designation. Species misspelled rubroviolaceous on p. 18, correctly on p. 21. •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scarus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:x, 25 Masc. Scarus psittacus Forsskål (not of Linnaeus) 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1883:274 [ref. 5966] and by Jordan & Gilbert 1882:938 [ref. 2476]. Not preoccupied by Scarus Gronow (not available). The family name Scaridae is retained on the basis of Randall & Parenti 2014:17 [ref. 33392], despite the incorporation in the Labridae by some authors. See comments on misidentified type species by Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Choat 1980 [ref. 5543], Randall & Bruce 1983:8 [ref. 5412], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:709 [ref. 5706], Bellwood & Choat 1989:16 et seq. [ref. 13494], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3471 [ref. 26278], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Westneat 2003:1724 [ref. 27105], Allen et al. 2006:1430 [ref. 29090], Westneat et al. 2007:59 [ref. 29298], Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182], Parenti & Randall 2011:38 [ref. 31299], González-Cuéllar et al. 2013:224 [ref. 32961], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989], Randall & Parenti 2014:16 [ref. 33392], Motomura et al. 2017:187 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:243 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scarus Gronow [L. T.] 1763:67 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Labridae: Scarinae.

Scarus Bleeker [P.] 1847:4, 9, 42, 44 Masc. Labrus cretensis Linnaeus 1758. On p. 9 as "Scarus. Vide sub genere Scaro"; otherwise as a genus. Type above as given by Jordan, but that species apparently not mentioned by Bleeker. Not Scarus of Gronow 1763 or Forsskål 1775. Dates to preprint in Dec. 1847, jounal in 1849. Kottelat (2013) disagrees; the "Scarus". Vide sub genera Scaro" refers to Valenciennes 1840. •In the synonymy of Sparisoma Swainson 1839 -- (Monod 1973:444 [ref. 7193], Parenti & Randall 2000:60 [ref. 24943]). •In the synonymy of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Sparisoma (subgenus of Petronason) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 227 Neut. Sparus abildgaardi Bloch 1791. Type by monotypy. Sparisomus is a misspelling. •Valid as Sparisoma Swainson 1839 -- (Monod 1973:444 [ref. 7193], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:943 [ref. 13676], Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:60 [ref. 24943], Streelman et al. 2002:964 [ref. 26053], Westneat 2003:1724 [ref. 27105], Gasparini et al. 2003:12 [ref. 27436], Robertson et al. 2006:796 [ref. 31512], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649], Pinheiro et al. 2010:59 [ref. 30844], Parenti & Randall 2011:38 [ref. 31299], Rocha et al. 2012:61 [ref. 31733], Parenti & Randall 2018:24 [ref. 35964], Brown et al. 2019:175 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Sparisoma Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Xanothon Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:4 Masc. Callyodon bipallidus Smith 1956. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Chlorurus Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:380 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chlorurus Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.

Xenoscarops (subgenus of Scarops) Schultz [L. P.] 1958:16, 23 Masc. Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775 -- (Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus Forsskål 1775. Labridae: Scarinae.

Xenoscarus Evermann [B. W.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1917:129 Masc. Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann & Radcliffe 1917. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Nicholsina Fowler 1915 -- (Bellwood 1994:63 [ref. 19116]). Current status: Synonym of Nicholsina Fowler 1915. Labridae: Scarinae.

Ypsiscarus (subgenus of Scarus) Schultz [L. P.] 1958:33, 47 Masc. Callyodon oedema Snyder 1909. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chlorurus Swainson 1839 -- (Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Kottelat 2013:380 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chlorurus Swainson 1839. Labridae: Scarinae.